AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Price

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$ 184.99

$ 135.32

$ 49.67 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points

18% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points

4% slightly better gaming score

8333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points

30% slightly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8330 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points

1980 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8600 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points

2052 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700G performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5700G has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5700G.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.